Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

This family-run joint has been going whole hog for nearly 100 years.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

A museum dedicated to a unique ecosystem.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A museum celebrating rare American motorcycles where everything runs—and none of it quietly.

Founded in 1925, this folk school attracts students from across the country and preserves traditional Appalachian art.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.